rutunda
Dictionary entries
- Entry →rutundo, rutundare, rutundavi, rutundatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
make round, give circular/spherical shape to; round off (sum);
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →rutundus, rutunda -um, rutundior -or -us, rutundissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
round, circular; wheel-like; spherical, globular; smooth, finished; facile;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...cernimus urbis, propterea fit uti videantur saepe rutundae, angulus optusus quia longe cernitur omnis sive etiam potius..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...membris sed frustis conlata structura caret, cum illa rutunda et undique circumcisa insistere invicem nequeant. XXVIII. Praeter..."Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...iudicialem iustorum quaestione contineri putant, celeri magis ac rutunda usi distributione quam vera. Stant enim quodam modo mutuis..."
